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Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/wárˀnāˀ

This Proto-Balto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Balto-Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *wornéh₂, from *wer- (“to burn, be black”), with accent retraction due to Hirt's law.

Noun

*wárˀnāˀ f [1]

  1. crow

Inflection

Fixed accent paradigm.

Declension of *wárˀnāˀ (ā-stem)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *wárˀnāˀ *wárˀnaiˀ *wárˀnāˀs
Accusative *wárˀnanˀ *wárˀnaiˀ *wárˀnāˀs
Genitive *wárˀnāˀs *wárˀnāˀuš? *wárˀnun
Locative *wárˀnāiˀ *wárˀnāˀuš? *wárˀnāˀsu
Dative *wárˀnāiˀ *wárˀnāˀmō *wárˀnāˀmas
Instrumental *wárˀnāˀm *wárˀnāˀmō *wárˀnāˀmiš
Vocative *wárˀna *wárˀnaiˀ *wárˀnāˀs

Descendants
  • Latgalian: võrna
  • Latvian: vãrna
  • Lithuanian: várna
  • Old Prussian: warne
  • Slavic: *vòrna (see there for further descendants)

References
  1. Balto-Slavic Mobility as an Indo-European Problem, J. Jasanoff
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